Unit steel framing



May 16, 1933. J. MARSHALL UNIT STEEL FRAMING I Filed March 14, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l AITORNEY May 16, 1933. J. MARSHALL UNIT STEEL FRAMING 3 Sheets-Sheet Filed March l4, 1932 NVE flw' ATTORNEY May 16, 1933.

J. MARSHALL I UNIT STEEL FRAMING Filed March 14, 1952 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY therewith in any improved manner.

Patented May 16, 1933 UN TED STATES,

PA ENT- oFFICE] J'AMIESON MARSHALL, or Yom'mns, NEW YORK UNIT STEEL r sume 3 Application filed March 14, 1932. serial No. 598,687.

This invention relates to structural steel devices and frames, and methods of making the same.

One object of this invention is to provide a device of the nature set forth having pre formed sections such assashes and co-oper ating upright elements to whichthe sashes are connected in improved relation to'form complete columns therewith supporting the sashes and other members or bodies that may be associated with the columns thus produced; and another object ofthe invention is the provision of a device of the character describedwherein simple structural forms may be used, or standard structural elements, so combined in an improved manner as to produce a strong frameworkhaving eflicient columns that are inexpensive to obtain. I

Another object of the invention is to furnish a framework for houses and the like, having preformed sashes completing acolumnar structure that may include improved corner shapes and/or beams coordinated Another object of the invention is vide an improved method of constructing a metal frame for houses and the like, whereby certain completed sections are utilized for completing other frame parts to which they are connected, so that a light, strong frame is produced in a quick, simplified and ineX- pensive manner.

Another ob1ect of the invention is to pro,-

. videa structural frame for a house having sashes associated w th columns in an 1m proved manner so as to cross brace the columns.

Aifurther object oftlie invention is the provision of a device of the type mentioned having relatively few and simple parts, and which is inexpensive to manufacture and assemble, and durable, reliable, and efficient in use.

Other objects of the invention tages thereof will become apparent as the specification proceeds. I

With the aforesaid objects in'view, the in-.

vent-ion consists in the novel combinations and arrangements of partsv hereinafter de-' scribed' in their preferred embodiments,

to proand advanpointed out in the subjoined claims, and ,il-i lustrated onthe annexed drawings, wherein like parts are designated by the same refer ence characters throughout the several views.

In the drawings:

gure 1 isa fragmentary view in side ele-f Vation with parts in section showing adevicei embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right an gles to Fig. 1. Y Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional viewt'ak'en on line 33 of Fig. 2. l i

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in'elevation With parts in section showing a'corner col .i

fragmentary horizontal sectional I Fig. 10 is a horizontal cross sectional view of a modified'form of the invention: showing a different column.' I N Fig. 11 is an isometric view of theinven tion. R

The advantages of theinvention as outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and the same structure, but, useful de vices may be produced embodying less than i the Whole. A

It will be obvious to those skilledin the are 1 to which this invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several differ-' ent constructions. The accompanying draw-.1

ings, therefore, are submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplification of the, invention.

G enerally described, ,7 this invention pro vides an improved structural frame includ ing vertical elements. to whichsash'es hav-f ing angles are connected to form complete columns with the frame elements. These columns are efficient and reliable and adapted to carry the desired loads. The vertical elements may be standard or may be formed of bent plates, While the sashes may be standard, and, at any rate, are preformed and shipped complete where they are directly con nected in place for rapidly completing the 1 sash angles may bejoined as by a strip membe: or a soft metal came to permit the column to be poured full of concrete or the like.

' Other details in the construction and method G5 jnei to form the latter into columns of sub of the invention will be particularly referred to hereinafter, including the re-enforcing bracing interaction between columns and sashes. I

.Referring in detail to the drawings, denotes a device embodying the invention, The same may include a channel 11 which may be bent out of a suitable plate, this channel preferably having flanges 12 of greater depth than the web 13 thereof. These channels may be of suitable length and extend, for

' instance, in sections of the height of one story each for the building. The lowermost section may be sunk into a foundation so as to rest on a plate 14 therein. The channels are spaced apart as may be feasible along the lines intended for the walls of the building.

For completing the channels into column form, sashes '15 of any conventional form may be used, the columns being so spaced that the sashes may be connected thereto. Each sash may consist of a rectangular frame having transverse horizontal and vertical muntins 16, ,17 respectively. At the opposite side ed'gesof the sill, amb angles 18 are provided, while at the top and bottom of the sash are provided sill and head angles 19, 19a respectively. These different angles may be interconnected with each other and with the muntins in any suitable manner. In every case, it will be noted that the head and sill angles have flanges such as 20 that extend outward of the sash so that a head angle of one sash may cooperate with a sill angle of the next upper sash to form a horizontal channel 21.

Also the jamb angles of the sashes have flanges 22 extending outwardly, so that these flanges of adjacent sashes extend toward each other.

The jamb angles of the sashes cooperate withthe vertical channels 11 in a novel manstantially closed cross section. For example,

the other flanges 241- of the jamb angles lie snug against the edge portions of the channel flanges 12, and are secured thereto in different ways, as by bolts 25 that are passed through registering holes in the channel and jamb angles flanges. This mode of connection is rapid, and avoids connections at'inaccessible points. The flanges 23 are'hence disposed in substantially the same plane and parallelly to the web 13 of the channel. The flanges 23 may extend into suitable proximity or abutment with each other, but preferably a space is provided for receiving a filler strip 26. The latter may be in the nature of a came, and may be made ofsoft metal suchas lead. It can have opposed grooved. longitudinal portions 27 for receiving adjacent edge portions 27 of the flange ,23 so as to seal the column closed, for a purpose hereinafter described.

Mounted on the built up columnsC con sisting of the channel and sash ,jambangles,

are beams 28 which may be disposed atthe junctions of the column sections. A pre ferred forms of connection may include the removal of flange portions at the ends of the beams as at 29 to provide a projecting web portion 30. For receiving the latter, the

channels 11 may have their webs 13 centrally slotted at 31 at the end portions of'the channels, these slots being alined and in communication for the diiferent sections of a column. The web portions '30 "extend through slots 31 into the columns, and

through bolts 32 may be passed through reg.

istering holes in the channel flanges 1'2 and the web portion 30. In this manner the sue-' cessive column sections are stronglyunited into a unitary column. To facilitate the provlsion of a rigid connect on, spacers 33 may be associated with or passed over the bolts so as to lie between the web portion '30:

and the channel flanges 12. The'web por tions may rest at the lower ends of'the slots. A wall frame" of any desired length or height may be constructed in thismanner.

Any suitable corner columns may bepro vided, preferably of built up structural"ele-. ments as shown at 34. Each of these may include a pair of diagonally opposite'angles 35, 36. These angles may be interconnected by sash jamb angles 18 in any suitable manner to form a column of closed cross section. For example, through bolts may be used at 37 and tap bolts at 38. A beam 3'9 may be externally secured to column 34 at the web {10 y means of bolts 41. i

In Fig. 8 is shown an application of the" invention to the construction of a building 41. The same may include side walls 42, 43,

an end wall 44, united by corners 45; The

side wall 412 may have an offset portion .46

connected by a reentrant angle oreorner 47'.

Each of the walls includes plurality of spaced columns C,'and at the corners of the building columns 34 are provided, all as hereinbefore described. Suitable beams 28 be provided which may include a bent plate channel 50, to one flange of which is connected a large angle 51 whose flange 52 is spaced from' the channel flanges. The sash jamb angles 18 are suitably connected to the other channel flange and to the angle flange 52 so that the j amb angles'are offset to provide a suitable corner. As shown in the drawings, there may be a vertical space between the angles, which space may be temporarily closed by a strip of wood or the'like, in course of construction.

' Alined with the column 49 is a spaced column 53 which may consist of a plurality of bent plate channels 54, or the like, that may be interconnected by through bolts 55 ex-' tending through registering holes "in the flanges. Alined with columns 49 and 53, a comparatively wide or spacer column 56 may be provided which may include large angles 57, 58 interconnected at 59, and individually with sash jamb angles 18 by a bolt 60 extending through registering holes. The column is completed by an elongated plate 61 spanning and interconnecting the jamb sash angles. In this manner passages may be obtained' between columns 49, 53'and 56, and any suitable beam may be hung on these col? umns. f

When the diflerent columns are completed, they may be filled with a hardening material such as a filler of concrete "F which can be readily poured thereinto. Thereafter, the sashes may be filled at 15a and In Fig. 9 1s a modification of a colunin 62 including a plurality of Z bars 63 with flanges 64 in coincidence with each other and preferably receiving a beam web 65 which is secured therebetween at 66. The column may be completed by sash jamb angles 18 connected to T the bars 63 by bolts 67 passing through registeringholes. A came 68 may be provided. It will be noted that the Z bars provide a channel structure completed as a 'substantial- 1y closed column by the jamb angles, and that a the column has substantial depth in a direc- Then the beams are mounted and the tion at right angles to the wall or plane of the sashes15. y r

In Fig. 10 isshown a modification of the invention wherein any suitable originally complete columns have the sashes connected therebetween to form a cross bracing for the columns. Heretofore the sashes have been connected merely to mullions which had no function as columns, and separate columns were provided independent of the sashes.' The latter and the mullions were carried main ly by the concrete or other wall portions of the building. By my invention theconstruction of the house framework is simplified, 'expedited, reenforced and less expensive columnsmay be employed.

Specifically I may use columns 7 0' formed of round welded or seamless pipe rolled into rectangular form; The jamb angles 18 of sashes 15 are readily connected to the columns as by means ofthrough bolts 71, the connec tion being facilitated by the shape of the col-' umn. Thus the sashes form re-enforcem'ents and cross bracing between the columns. Hence the columns may be lighter inweight, or they may be less in width, in other words, a square form of column is unnecessary. This again facilitates the concreting, plastering and other operations in building up the wall around the sashes and'columns, The beam 72may be connected to the column as above described and the column may be filled with concrete if desired. r

It will be appreciated that various changes and modifications may be made in the device as shown in the drawings, and that the same is submitted in an illustrative and not in alimiting sense, the scope of the invention be" ing defined in the following claims.

I claim:

L A structural steel framefor a house,- including spaced column members of channel form, and preformed sashes each having angles extending along the edges thereof, said angles havingflanges projecting in'op-' posite directions along a plane parallel to the plane of the sash, said sashes being disposed between successive adjacent channel column members with the angles connected'to the flanges thereof and with the oppositely projecting angle flanges being so related that a pair'of these flanges of adjacent sashes eX- tend toward each other parallelly to the web of the channel members to form columns therewith of substantially closed form in cross section.

2. A deviceincluding a plurality of spaced channel means, sashes therebetween having; edge angles connected to each of said channel means on opposite sides thereof, said angles having flanges extending towardeach other. to provide a wall forzthe channel'means op posite to the web thereof, said channel means having a slot in said web, a beam having a 6C extended through the Slots into the Columns-i web projecting into said slot, and means for. securing said web to the channel means.

3. A device including a plurality of spaced channel means, sashes therebetween having edge angles connected to each of said channel means on opposite sides thereof, said angles.

means including a bolt extending throughthe web and the flanges of the channel means,

and spacers between the Web and the flangesv of the channel means. i v

4. A house frame including vertical spaced channel meanshaving flangesprojecting to-:- 'ward the outside of the-house, performed frame sashes between the channel means, said sashes having marginal amb angles extending outward of the respective sashes, said j amb angles being arranged and connected to the channel means so that thejamb angles overlie the flanges of the channel means and certain flanges of the jambangles form a sub-. stantially complete longitudinal closure for the channel means.

5. A house frame including vertical spacedchannel means having flanges projecting toward the outside of the house, preformed frame sashes between the channel means,

N said sasheshaving marginal jamb anglesextending outward of the respective sashes, sald jamb angles be1ng arranged and connected to the channel means sothat the jamb. angles overlie the flanges of the channel meansland r certain flanges of thejamb angles form a substantially complete longitudinal closure. for

the channel means, the frame including sashes disposed above one another'betweenthe columns, and the sashes havinghead and sill angles cooperating with eachrother' to form horizontal channels.

6. A house frame columns constructed 1n SGCtIOIIS superimposed upon each other, beams-each connected to sections of the columns so as tounite the sections of a column together, each of the column sections includmg a channel means,

and preformed sashes between the channel means and having arnb angles, said amb, angles cooperating with the channel means to form said columns as columns of substantially.

closed form in cross section.

7. A device including a plurality spacedcolumns, said columns being hollow and havmg narrow vertical slots, beams having webs means for securing said web's in the columns, and sashes between the columns, said sashes having angles connected to the columns and .reenforcing the latter at the region of said slots. v

including spaced column-together, each of the column sections including a channel means, and preformed sashes between the channel means and having jamb angles, said jarnb angles: cooperatingwith the. channel means to. formsaid columns as columns of substantially closed form in CIOSS'SGCtIOIl, certain of said sashes being disposed above one'anotherand having head andsill angles 'cooperating with eachother to form horizontal channels. 7

1 9.. A structural steel frame for a house, in-

cluding spaced column members of channel form, and preformed sashes each having angles extending along the edges thereof,

said angles having flanges projecting in oppositedirections'along a plane parallel to the plane of the sash; said sashes being disposed between successive adjacent channel column members with the angles connected'to the flanges thereof and: with the oppositely pro jecti'ng angle flanges bein g'so related that a pair of these flanges'of adjacent sashes extend toward each other parallelly to the web of the channel membersto-form columns therewith of substantially closed form in cross section, and grooved soft metal strip means between said oppositely projecting angle, flanges re= ceiVing-the-edges of. said flanges in-said grooves. .1 v

-10. A- device including a plurality of spaced eolumns,-preforme'd frame sashes therebetween and connected to the columns, said frame sashes having head and sill angles cooperating with each otherto form horizontal channels" extending between the columns. i "l 11. A device including a plurality of spaced: columns, "a' plurality of preformed frame sashes disposed above one another, said frame sashes having-vertical jamb angles along their'side edges, saidjamb angles extending along thecolumns, and being con nected thereto, and said frame sashes having head and sill anglesc'ooperating with each other toform channels extending" be tween the-columns."

12. A- device including a plurality of spaced columns, a plurality of preformed frame sashes disposed above one another,

said frame sashes'havingvertical ja'mb angles along their side edges, said jamb angles extending along the'columnsand being connected thereto, and said frame sashes having head and sill angles cooperating with each other to form channels extending between the columns, each frame sash-being of one piece construction, and saidjamb, head and sill anglesfbeing continuous with each other and having'c'ertain flanges thereof lying in ac'om mon -v'ert'ical plane. j

"13. 'A frame-sash for connection between itt columns of structural building frames, including vertical jamb angles and horizontal head and sill angles, forming the top, bottom and sides of the frame sash, said angles having certain flanges extending outward of the frame sash at the top, bottom and sides thereof, said outward extending flanges lying substantially in a common plane, and the other flanges lying in planes substantially at right angles to the said common plane, and re- I angles and connected therewith, the jamb angles being adapted to extend along columns and to be connected thereto, the head and sill angles of superimposed sashes being adapted to form channels with each other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMIESON MARSHALL. 

